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behaviors, it can be said that they have responsibilities to do the tasks. In addition, while using the Internet, there will be many different problems faced by different
students, thus this study will also expose the major problems in using Internet for academic purposes among the students, and the last is to find out the solutions toward
those problems, or to provide recommendations to solve the problems.
1.2 Problem Formulation
As what had been explained in the research background, this research is aimed to know the use of Internet for academic purposes among the sixth semester ELESP
students in the academic year of 20092010 with the following problem formulations: 1.
What are the students’ perceptions on the use of Internet in improving their academic achievements?
2. What are the major problems students faced in using Internet for academic
purposes? 3.
What are the students’ and lecturers’ recommendations in solving the major problems that students faced in using Internet for academic purposes?
1.3 Problem Limitation
In order to focus on answering the problems, the writer will limit the scope of this study. This study will focus on answering three main questions which are stated
in the problem formulations and because of the limited time and financial support, the
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study will only focus on the sixth semester students in the academic year of 20092010 of ELESP of Sanata Dharma University and the lecturers of ELESP of
Sanata Dharma University who teach courses using Internet.
1.4 Research Objectives
The objectives of this study are to answer three main problems: 1.
To identify the students’ perceptions on the use of Internet in improving their academic achievements.
2. To identify the major problems students faced in using Internet for academic
purposes. 3.
To identify the students’ and lecturers’ recommendations in solving the major problems that students faced in using Internet for academic purposes.
1.5 Research Benefits
The writer hopes this study will be useful for lecturers, teachers, students, English education field, and other researchers.
1. Lecturers and Teachers
Hopefully, the results of this study can give information and help lecturers and teachers, especially Sanata Dharma University lecturers, to organize the courses, to
integrate the courses through making use of the Internet facilities, and to apply better methods and strategies in order to achieve better teaching.
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2. Students
This study will help the sixth semester students in the academic year of 20092010 of ELESP of Sanata Dharma University in particular and also other students in
general to find out their problems regarding the Internet use and to provide solutions and recommendations in using Internet for academic purposes. It will be
a helpful reflection too for the students in using Internet.
3. English Education Field
This study explores the students’ perceptions on the use of Internet in improving their academic achievements. If the students perceive the use of Internet positively,
Internet is recommended to be used to more subjects of study in ELESP of Sanata Dharma University in various and creative ways.
4. Other Researchers
For other researchers who are interested in finding out the use of Internet for education or academic purposes, hopefully the results of this study will be useful
to lead to further research.
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1.6 Definition of Terms 1.6.1 Perception
